Soon, Wanbao Pavilion's Body Establishment Protector Hu, protecting Li Mu, was led by an agent to look at spiritual lands all over Gangyang City.
"Master Li, do you think this spiritual land is suitable? It has thirty-five acres of Low Grade Spiritual Field, a detached courtyard, is nestled by mountains and water, and also has an orchard. This location is in the core area on the west side of Gangyang City, allowing close access to a Spiritual Vein, a truly blessed spot..." The agent brought the two to a peach orchard spiritual land and introduced it to Li Mu non-stop.
"No, there are too few usable Spiritual Fields, and the orchard takes up most of the Spiritual Field. Let's find another place," Li Mu glanced at the estate and said with disdain.
"Alright! Master Li, then let's go to another spiritual land. The location is a bit remote, a bit far from the main city! However, there are many Spiritual Fields, which will definitely satisfy you." After seeing several spiritual lands that were unsatisfactory due to the number of Spiritual Fields, the agent gritted his teeth and immediately decided to use his trump card, introducing it.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Li Mu gestured.
The agent quickly urged the Spirit Beast carriage, driving away from Gangyang City towards a certain spiritual land in the distant suburbs.
Soon, two Spirit Camel Beasts pulling a wooden carriage swiftly carried the three to the vicinity of a small spiritual mountain.
"Master Li, the spiritual land with a large number of Spiritual Fields is this one, South Hidden Mountain. This spiritual mountain has a total of eighty-two acres of Low Grade Spiritual Field, managed by seventeen spirit rice farmers. However, you can enclose this mountain spiritual land and lease it entirely. This mountain is not high, contains a small Spiritual Vein, a spiritual spring on the mountain, and a spiritual stream at the foot of the mountain..." The eloquent agent looked at Li Mu and continuously introduced the general situation of the spiritual land.
"No need to say more, this is it!" Li Mu took one look at the place and directly waved his hand to interrupt the agent.
As far as his eyes could see, a large area of Spiritual Field had been reclaimed in the wilderness, planted with many white jade spirit rice sprouts. The rice seedlings were tender green and lush, meaning there was no need to clear land to re-plant Wind Spirit Grass, making it suitable for short-term residence. Li Mu was very satisfied with this.
"Alright! I'll go arrange it right away," the agent happily agreed.
"How long will it take?" Li Mu asked indifferently.
"Three days, it will definitely be done in three days!" The agent quickly replied.
"That's too long. I'll give you one day. If you can get it done by tomorrow, I'll personally reward you with fifty medium spirit stones," Li Mu smiled slightly, encouraging him.
"No problem, Master Li, wait for my good news," the agent excitedly agreed.
"Master Li, since the location is set, let's go back! Tomorrow, people from the mountain gate will come to build houses, and Formation Masters will come to set up protective formations," Body Establishment Protector Hu looked at Li Mu and indicated.
Li Mu nodded, then followed Body Establishment Protector Hu, rising on his sword, and returned to Wanbao Pavilion.
To use Wanbao Pavilion's connections and resource channels, Li Mu had to pay a corresponding price, which was to refine Artifacts for Wanbao Pavilion.
Back at Wanbao Pavilion, Li Mu didn't see Wang Wenbao. He should have gone to find spiritual fire and spiritual water for him.
Arriving at Wanbao Pavilion's Artifact Refining workshop, Li Mu received Artifact Refining Materials from Liu Zhong, then plunged into an Artifact Refining Room with a ground fire Artifact Refining furnace, closing the stone door of the Artifact Refining Room, preparing to devote himself entirely to Artifact Refining.
Before refining Spiritual Artifacts for Wanbao Pavilion, Li Mu pondered for a moment and decided to first use the magic realm spirit orb to refine a Storage Spiritual Artifact for himself.
Although he had the storage grid of the proficiency panel, to distinguish a large number of spiritual items, Li Mu carried eight Storage Pouches on him, used to categorize different types of storage, which was incredibly annoying.
The magic realm spirit orb naturally grows with nine storage spiritual pearl, which can be refined into a top-grade Storage Spiritual Artifact with nine storage spaces. If this Artifact could be refined, the trouble of being an 'Elder of Eight Pouches' would be gone.
Li Mu took out two silver Ores from his storage grid, two pieces of 3rd Order Silver Star Stone mixed with a small pinch of 5th Order As You Wish Stone. The two Ores were picked up as a bargain from a Sword Cultivator at a Foundation Establishment trade fair.
He didn't know how much 5th Order As You Wish Stone was associated with these two Silver Star Ores. If there was one or two portions, then they could be used to refine Storage Spiritual Orbs.
Li Mu cast a spiritual incantation, activating the ground fire Artifact Refining furnace and drawing in the earth vein flame.
The large ground fire Artifact Refining furnace, weighing several thousand catties, blazed fiercely, emitting terrifying high temperatures.
Li Mu threw the two Silver Star Ores into it. Soon, under the scouring of the high-temperature ground fire, the Silver Star Ore suspended in the center of the furnace rapidly melted into a mass of silver metallic molten liquid. However, there were still some tiny, milky white fragments that were not afraid of the high temperature and remained solid.
Seeing the large and small milky white fragments, Li Mu was not surprised but delighted.
"Enough! Enough! It's more than I expected, haha!" Li Mu laughed happily, then, under the manipulation of his Divine Sense, he stripped the silver metallic liquid mass out of the Artifact Refining furnace and set it aside to cool.
Li Mu focused his main energy on the As You Wish Stone fragments, forming hand seals and inputting spiritual power into the Artifact Refining furnace, fully assisting the Artifact Refining furnace in drawing in the ground fire to increase the temperature inside the furnace.
Without higher-grade spiritual fire, refining these tiny bits of 5th Order As You Wish Stone was not an easy task.
Time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, a night passed.
The As You Wish Stone in the Artifact Refining furnace finally showed signs of liquefaction. Seeing this, Li Mu quickly took out the magic realm spirit orb and threw it into the Artifact Refining furnace. His Divine Sense manipulated the softened As You Wish Stone to encapsulate the magic realm spirit orb.
The magic realm spirit orb itself is condensed from boundary stones, forming its own empty realm and nine storage spiritual pearl. In terms of storage, no further refining is needed. However, Li Mu would not be satisfied with this; he added As You Wish Stone, used the Divine Refining method, and then laid out the Spiritual Artifact's basic Formation within it.
Miniature Spiritual Artifacts cannot be condensed with Artifact patterns using a spirit-infusion hammer. Li Mu formed hand seals and output spiritual power and true essence into the spirit orb Artifact embryo to condense Artifact patterns.
First Artifact pattern: Spirit Control
Second Artifact pattern: Item Concealment
Third Artifact pattern: Body Concealment
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The spirit orb Artifact embryo glowed brightly, and Artifact patterns condensed one after another. The Artifact patterns used were all biased towards non-offensive, non-defensive, secret spiritual aura, and wish-fulfilling types of Artifact patterns.
When the fifteenth Artifact pattern, Illusionary Vision, was condensed, the nine storage spiritual pearl reached the level of a 4th Order High Grade Spiritual Artifact.
Seeing its intense spiritual light and unstable aura, Li Mu's expression tensed, and he quickly stopped condensing Artifact patterns.
Subsequently, Li Mu immediately immersed his Divine Sense into it and casually refined the spirit orb. With a thought from his Divine Sense...
With a "whoosh," the nine storage spiritual pearl immediately flew to Li Mu's front, its spiritual light flickering erratically. Then, the spiritual light quickly faded, returning to normal, transforming into a gray stone bead.
Li Mu smiled slightly and took out eight Storage Pouches of various sizes from his embrace. He opened one of the Storage Pouches and poured out a large pile of bottles and jars, dozens to hundreds of Medicinal Pill bottles, as well as various jade boxes, and a miniature Spiritual Boat.
This was a Storage Pouch specifically used to store various Spirit Pills, Grain Abstinence Pills, Spirit Nurturing Pills, etc., Spiritual Plant seeds, and spiritual items that Manager Wang had prepared for him.
Li Mu's Divine Sense was attached to the nine storage spiritual pearl. The floating gray spirit orb flashed with spiritual light and flew towards the spiritual items on the ground. With a "whoosh," all the bottles, jars, various jade boxes, and spiritual items were instantly stored into one of the empty realms within the spirit orb.
Li Mu clearly 'saw' the spirit orb's empty realm. With a single thought, he could retrieve the corresponding spiritual item. The method of use was as convenient as a storage grid, unlike using a Storage Pouch, where he had to open the Storage Pouch and input Divine Sense, adding an extra step.
The nine storage spiritual pearl's storage and retrieval were so convenient that Li Mu was overjoyed. He quickly transferred the spiritual items from his other Storage Pouches, categorizing them, into the nine empty realms of the nine storage spiritual pearl.
By using a trace amount of 5th Order As You Wish Stone in the refining process, the size and shape of the nine storage spiritual pearl could be slightly altered. Li Mu injected a trace amount of true essence spiritual power, causing it to transform into a simple pearl silver ring, which he wore on his right index finger.
Next, Li Mu activated the ground fire Artifact Refining furnace and began the refining of Spiritual Artifacts.